Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such ...

Even scientific illustrators often get it wrong. “They basically take a bird model and put a membrane wing and a crest on it, but pterosaur proportions were not birdlike.” Bristling with teeth ...

"This is a unique characteristic of pterosaurs," Wellnhofer said. "The fibers may have helped stiffen the wing membrane. They could also have kept the wing bent, cambering its surface." Some 150 ...

Some pterosaurs were as large as a fighter jet, and others as small as a paper airplane. Now researchers finally know how they managed to fly.

Bats and birds showcase a fascinating contrast in their evolutionary paths, with recent research revealing bats' wings and ...

Paleontologists used UV fluorescence to find 50 Pterodactylus fossils, revealing their full family, from hatchlings to adults ...

Pterosaurs evolved active flight over 230 million years ago. The discovery of Melkamter pateko in Argentina suggests ...

The discovery pushes back the evolution of advanced pterosaurs and also supports a surprising new setting for their evolution.

Unlike in bats, whose wing membranes are stretched between four elongated fingers of the hand, a pterosaur’s wing is supported by only one hyperelongated finger, a hallmark that helps ...

Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such as the Quetzalcoatlus ...

Pterosaurs developed active, flapping flight with the help of a wing membrane, which was mainly spanned by the strongly elongated fourth finger of the hand. In the course of their evolution ...

Fossil record evidence suggests Tapejara's strong hind limbs and flexible wing membranes of these earliest pterosaurs contributed to their exceptional maneuverability while flying. Nyctosaurus ...